Ethnographic Flute Recordings from North America

These entries are sorted by the (sometimes approximate) date of the recording.

The term “collector” is used to indicate the researcher who oversaw the effort to record the material. In many cases, this person also serves as the recording engineer, although this role is typically not specified.

In the case of the publication of multiple editions of the audio material on different media (for example, LP, cassette, and compact disc), only the most recent edition is cited. However, the text of liner notes from earlier editiions is sometimes provided. Click on the citation tag to see the listing of all published editions.

¹CMH database record:
Summary: "Hilin song: song of rebuke and ridicule (it was to ridicule the people. Not used for anybody in particular but used for the purpose) and the song of taunt has been applied to a person in taunt that had tried to elevate himself above the other chiefs. It is used whenever they taunt". [From Marius Barbeau's notes = Extrait des notes de Marius Barbeau]
Notes: Title based on content; Collector: Charles Marius Barbeau, Gitwanga [Kitwanga].; 1 song
Description: 1 wax cylinder (4 min.) : 150 rpm
Related material: Related documents: B-F-323.3, Notebook I
Other formats: Also available: CD-ROM2005-0015-002, CD-ROMmp3-2006-0002
Subjects: Gitksan Indians--Music.; Gitksan (Indiens)--Musique.; Songs, Indian--British Columbia.; Chansons indiennes d'Amérique--Colombie-Britannique.; Gitksan Indians--Social life and customs.; Gitksan (Indiens)--Moeurs et coutumes.
Cultural group: Tsimshian; Gitksan
CD file no.: AU-CD2005-0015-002

¹CMH database record:
Summary: "Song of the naxnoq (ksemso'q / woman of robin). ['Explanation: At the time the song originated, there was a great famine in the country and every woman was starving, and in the mouth of toxsiyé (march) this Robin appeared from the sky. (There was great devastation). And then the people went down to the edge of the water, and prepared to fish. They knew that they would be saved when they heard the voice of the robin]". [From Marius Barbeau's notes = Extrait des notes de Marius Barbeau]
Notes: Title based on content; Collector: Charles Marius Barbeau, Gitwanga [Kitwanga].; 1 song.
Description: 1 wax cylinder (4 min.) : 150 rpm
Related material: Related documents: B-F-323.3, Notebook I
Other formats: Also available: CD-ROM2005-0015-010, CD-ROMmp3-2006-0002
Subjects: Gitksan Indians--Music.; Gitksan (Indiens)--Musique.; Songs, Indian--British Columbia.; Chansons indiennes d'Amérique--Colombie-Britannique.; Gitksan Indians--Social life and customs.; Gitksan (Indiens)--Moeurs et coutumes.
Cultural group: Tsimshian; Gitksan
CD file no.: AU-CD2005-0015-010